Portable shelter



May 14, 1929.

s; KLYAICH PORTABLE SHELTER Filed Sept. 7, 1928 mmvm.

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Patented May 14, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

STOYAN KLYAICH, OF WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN.

PORTABLE SHELTER.

Application filed September 7, 1928. Serial Ho. 304,444.

. quent the beaches on warm days. It is common practice for people to motor to the beaches in their bathing suits, but this is objectionable as it necessitates returning in a wet garment.

It is one of the objects of this invention to overcome the aforementioned difiiculties by providing a portable shelter which may be carried in an automobile and which, when set up, furnishes a suitable bathhouse.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a portable shelter which when not in use may be rolled up so that it will occupy a comparatively small space, and which may be quickly assembled, without the use of tools, and set up in any desired spot.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a portable shelter which is simple in construction, light in weight, inex nsive to manufacture, and well adapted or the purpose described.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the improved portable shelter and all its parts and combinations, as set forth in the claim, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing, in which the same reference characters designate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved portable shelter in assembled condition, part being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of one of the foldable connecting members, part being broken away;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a view showing the shelter in a flat, colilapsed condition, ready to be rolled up; an

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on line 77 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 10 designates a rectangular sheet of canvas, or other suitable material, which has attached thereto and extending transversely thereof,

a plurality'of spaced apart corner members 11, 12, 13, and 14. Each corner member has connected to one side, by hinges 15, 16,17, and 18, respectively, a pair of connecting members 19,20, 21,- and 22, respectively.

The connecting members areall adapted to-' fold inwardly toward one another as shown in Fig. 6. 1 j

The outer end of each connecting member is provided with a metallic plate 23 which has projecting portions 24 (see Figs. 4 and-7)- which extend beyond the sides of the connecting member. The projecting portions 24 are adapted to engage slots 25 in U-shaped brackets 26 secured to the corner members.

Each corner member is further provided with a pair of angularly shaped brackets 27 -(see Fig. 3). The said brackets have downwardly bent and angularly extending portions which are provided with slots 27'.

Brace members 28 are provided for three sides of the shelter. Each brace member comprises a pair of strips which are recessed at a medial point, as at 29, to fit together, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5. Each recessed portion is perforated at 30 to receive a nut member 31, through which a bolt 32 is adapted to be threaded to hold the two sections of the brace together. The ends of the strips forming the braces are provided with brackets 33 which are slotted as at 33. The said slots are adapted to fit within the slots 27 of the brackets 27, to secure the braces to the corner members.

The corner member 14 has a pluralit of fastening members 34 extending there rom which are adapted to be engaged by complementary fasteners 35 on the free end of the canvas to close the shelter.

To set up the shelter, the corner members 11, 12, 13, and 14 are placed in an upright position, as in Fig. 1. Next the connecting members are folded outwardly and secured to the brackets 26 of the corner member 12 by causing the projecting portions 24 of the plates 23 to engage the slots 25 of the brackets 26. The connecting members 20 on the corner member 12 are next secured to the brackets 26 on the corner member 13 in a similar manner. Then the connecting members 21 and 22 are secured to the corner members 14 and 11, respectively. Next the braces 28 are placed on three sides, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, by causing the slots 33 of the brackets 33 to engage the slots 27' of the brackets 27. The fastening members 35 on the free end of the canvas are then snapped over the fasteners 34 to'close the shelter, the portion of the canvas carrying said fasteners serving as a door.

To collapse" the shelter, the connecting members 19, 20, 21, and 22 are disconnected from the brackets 26, and the connecting members are folded back as in Fig. 6. The brace members are also removed and taken apart by loosening the bolt 82 of each brace. The individual strips of the braces are then laid on the canvas parallel to the corner members, and the entire shelter may be 7 rolled up in very compact form.

' It may readily be seen that the braces may be omitted from the device without affecting its usefulness in any material way, and, therefore, it is not desired to be limited to a construction in which braces are an essential part.

From the foregoing description it may be seen that the improved portable shelter is simple in construction and Well adapted for the purpose described.

What I claim is:

A portable shelter embodying a substantially rectangular sheet of fabric provided at two of its opposite edges with devices for fastening the edges together, four posts fastened to the fabric in parallelism and in spaced-apart relation, one of these posts being located at one edge of thefabric so that when the shelter is erected these posts will form four corner-posts thereof, each of said posts having hinged to it a pair of bracerods, the hinges being located at the respective ends of the posts so that the free ends of the brace-rods fold inwardly toward the mid-length of the post and are adapted to swing outwardly toward the adjacent posts, each of said posts being provided on the sides adjacent said brace-rods With a pair of fastening devices adapted to engage and interlock with the aforesaid free ends of said brace-rods when the same are folded outwardly to thus forma four-sided braced shelterstructure, whereby when the free ends of said brace-rods are disconnected from their locking device and swung inwardly to positions in close relation to their respective posts the entire structure may be rolled up into a compact package.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

STOYAN KLYAICH. 

